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Polaris Fashion Place's lifestyle-center addition, shown under construction in the summer, has commitments for 90 percent of its space.

More tenants on track to open at Polaris in '09 -

Dave & Buster's plans to open its second central Ohio location in late spring at Polaris Fashion Place's new lifestyle-center addition, which is quickly filling up after making its debut this year.

Dave & Buster's has leased about 17,000 square feet for a prototype restaurant and arcade at the center, said Polaris Fashion Place spokeswoman Angela Krumpelman. Its location at Mill Run in Hilliard, which opened a decade ago, is twice that size.

It will be one of about a dozen tenants at the 160,000-square-foot outdoor part of the Polaris mall. Glimcher Realty Trust added the lifestyle center on the site of former mall anchor Kaufmann's, which closed in 2006.

By late December, Glimcher had commitments for 90 percent of the new center, Krumpelman said. Cheesecake Factory opened in June and has been joined by Barnes & Noble, Destination Maternity, Buckeye Corner, New Balance, Godfrys and Schakolad.

The latest business to make its debut was the Pub Polaris, a restaurant and bar that opened Friday. The Pub is part of the Tavern Restaurant Group of Cincinnati and offers pub-style food in addition to a host of European beers, ales and spirits.

More food is on the way at the lifestyle center.

Benihana, the Japanese steakhouse, is expected to open by late February, Krumpelman said. Cantina Laredo, a Chicago chain that bills itself as a gourmet Mexican concept, plans to open in the spring.

Other stores headed for the lifestyle center next year include clothier Forever 21 and Sweet & Sassy, a children's salon.